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Detectives with the Regional Narcotics Unit (RNU), along with Sparks Police Officers and the Sparks K9 Unit, have arrested two Sparks residents for drug possession and engaging in drug sales.
Program has a strong contribution season; Christmas gifts were delivered last week It may have looked a little different in 2020, but Operation Rudolph did not let COVID keep it from spreading Christmas joy. Volunteers, businesses and community members delivered Christmas gifts to 386 children in 137 Jefferson County families. "Watching the relief on a mother's face as she met me outside to put the gifts in her garage for Christmas brought me to tears," said Kim Schmith, Kiwanis board member and Operation Rudolph coordinator. The Madras Kiwanis Club oversees the community program that ser...